GE Aviation Systems Wins $17 Million Navy Order for F/A-18 Generator Control Unit Repairs

GE Aviation Systems LLC has received a $16.9 million Navy delivery order to repair 270 generator control units used on F/A-18 aircraft. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support awarded the fixed-price order under an existing agreement with the company. GE will perform the work in Vandalia, Ohio, with completion expected by December 2028.

F/A-18 Generator Control Unit Repair Details

GE will repair the units at its Vandalia facility. The Navy’s repair solicitation described teardown and evaluation of the equipment, followed by repair work. It requested a 129-day turnaround for repairs and allowed early, incremental deliveries. The solicitation also called for the contractor to maintain the equipment’s baseline configuration, including applicable hardware, software and firmware.

The procurement changed before award: an amendment reduced the solicited quantity from 275 to 200 and clarified that the requirement was for straightforward generator control unit repairs at GE Vandalia. The subsequent award notice lists 270 units. That award quantity, rather than either earlier solicitation figure, defines the scale of the announced order.

F/A-18 Sustainment Background

Generator control units provide power to aircraft electrical systems, making their repair part of the F/A-18 sustainment effort. In a 2020 account of an earlier shortage, Naval Air Systems Command said it had worked with GE to increase unit production, adjust deliveries and address reliability. A 2022 Fleet Readiness Center Southwest report said the depot and GE’s Vandalia site were then the two facilities conducting depot-level repairs of the units; the depot reported that it had eliminated a GCU backorder that exceeded 80 units in December 2018.

The repair order comes as the Navy continues to sustain and upgrade the F/A-18 fleet. Naval Air Systems Command reported in 2025 that the combined F/A-18 and EA-18G fleet had surpassed 12 million flight hours. It identified Super Hornet service-life modifications, intended to extend aircraft from 6,000 to 10,000 flight hours, and Block III deliveries as major fleet efforts.

Award and Contractor Background

The Navy solicited one source for the repair requirement and received one offer. Its presolicitation notice said the technical data needed to compete the repair economically was unavailable and that the item required government source approval because it was flight-critical or the available data was inadequate for open competition.

The order falls under a GE basic ordering agreement that began in March 2022 and runs through March 2027. That agreement covers repair and upgrade work on generator-related and other electrical components. Other generator-alternator orders placed under it include awards valued at $26.7 million and $4.6 million, showing the Navy’s additional use of the agreement for this equipment category.

This award was disclosed by the DoW in its daily press release. Additional contract details will be available on HigherGov in approximately 90 days under N0038326FTC08 after the contract is formally disclosed by the government.